Virtual Local Phone Number

Virtual local phone number lets you choose a new phone number that stays with you, not a device or location. Your Google Voice number won't be your exisiting mobile device or landline number; you select a new number when signing up, which you can use for all your phones.

Ready to sign up for virtual phone numbers free? Here's how the process works, and some tips for choosing and setting up your number (click on the blue links for information about each step):

1. Go to the Google Voice website and sign in using your Google account. (If you don't have a Google account you can create one.
2. You'll be prompted to choose whether you want a new number or you want to use your existing number. Choose I want a new number.Learn more about the difference between the two options:
   
   
3. Search for your new Google number and once you've chosen one click Continue.Tips for finding a new Google number
4. Choose a PIN to use to retrieve your messages and access your virtual number phone settings from any phone.
5. Enter a forwarding phone number (this is the phone that will ring when someone calls your Google Voice number) and select a type from the 'Phone type' drop-down menu.Learn more about how forwarding phone numbers work
6. Verify your phone. You'll see a numerical code along with a Call Me Now button. When you click the button, we'll call your forwarding phone and ask you to enter the code on the screen so we know the phone number you gave us is the right one.

Congratulations! Your google virtual phone number is all set up. You can choose to add more phones to forward to or take a look around the Google Voice inbox.

Virtual Phone Number for SMS by email

With virtual phone number google, you receive SMS messages on your phones AND in your Google Voice inbox, which means you can send SMS replies from either from your mobile phone or your computer. Today, we're going one step further by allowing you to get text messages by email. After enabling SMS-to-email forwarding, every time you receive a new SMS on your virtual phone number for sms, we will send you an email notification. Some of the benefits of this new feature include:

• Unified messaging - You can get SMS together with email and voicemail notifications, all in one place in your email inbox, where you can easily search and reply to these messages.
• SMS savings - If you spend your time in front of your computer, or if you get email on your mobile phone, you can turn off SMS notification to your phone in virtual phone number google and receive and reply to your SMS by email, saving on SMS costs.
• SMS threading - If you use Gmail, you also get the extra benefit of threading all SMS between you and one contact into one conversation, so it is easy to see the whole discussion.